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The National Medical Commission cancelled guidelines under Competency Based Medical Education Curriculum in which it had reintroduced sodomy and lesbianism as unnatural sexual offences in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum.
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Well lit corridors, adequate security guards -- both male and female, prompt action followed by action taken report within 48 hours are among the many directions that the NMC has given to hospitals
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A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was told by a lawyer, appearing for 13 aspirants, that the NMC has decided to not hold the exam this year.
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The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed various individuals to posts of the NMC and the autonomous boards
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A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submissions of lawyer Tanvi Dubey, appearing for five doctors who obtained their degrees from foreign medical colleges, that they should be treated on a par with those who did MBBS from Indian institutions.
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The regulator recently notified "Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023" according to which once a medical college is granted permission to start PG course or seats, the course will be treated as recognised.
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In a public notice issued on November 22, the National Medical Commission (NMC) said that this decision will be applicable even to those students whose applications were previously rejected.
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At present, there is no such time limit for appearing in FMGE.
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Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana in a fix as they have already crossed ratio of 100 MBBS seats for l0 lakh population
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The NMC said it found that none of them visit the emergency department regularly "because there is no one in the emergency medicine department to interact with them other than the casualty medical officer".
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All 706 existing medical colleges regulated by the NMC will now be WFME accredited, while the new colleges that will be set up in the next 10 years will automatically become WFME accredited, the health ministry said.
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Even though doctors are currently required to prescribe generic drugs only, there are no penal provisions mentioned in the regulations issued in 2002 by the Indian Medical Council.
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In a letter to the institutions and medical colleges, the commission cited the Supreme Court’s directions regarding the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
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This is unlike the current practice of giving priority to marks obtained in Biology, followed by Chemistry and then Physics.
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For the first time, the regulator for doctors in India has recognised the problem of predatory marketing of stem cell therapies to treat autism. The indiscriminate promotion has led to the creation of false hopes, unrealistic expectations, and exploitation of autistic children and their families.
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Apart from speeding up the process, the move could also allow for a more equal distribution of such institutions across the country
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Considering the special circumstances, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has agreed to recognise the academic mobility programme offered by Ukraine to allow such students complete their education as the degree will be awarded by the parent Ukrainian university only.
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The National Exit Test, a qualifying examination for all final year MBBS students and PG entrance, is unlikely to be launched as per schedule in 2023 due to a lack of preparations and clarity about its framework
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The NMC had formed a group of experts in June to frame guidelines for a proposed test to enable the medical graduates among the persecuted minorities from Pakistan.
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The World Health Organisation and World Medical Education Federation guidelines for accreditation of basic medical education recommend that national standards be set at an acceptable international level.
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Guidelines drafted by the National Medical Commission are intended to discourage doctors from prescribing medicines that belong to branches of medicine in which they are not trained.
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If the Russia-Ukraine crisis persists, the government may have to make provisions for the lateral entry of medical students into Indian colleges
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The doctors’ body further pointed out that AYUSH is vast and “working there for a week the intern will not learn any new skill, and there is no clarity who shall be their mentor, and will they be assessed by NMC faculty norms or not”.
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Niti Aayog is working on a bill to streamline regulatory framework for medical institutes and replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with a new body.
